This is my first story chronologically, but it's definitely not the first one I've ever written. But it is the first story I've posted on this site. Those of you who have read my character bio for Dove already have a small idea of what she will be like, but she seems so much different in the actual stories, especially in the beginning of this one. For those who haven't, read on.

The setting would be about a year after the End episodes.

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Raven's secret-keeper

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Chapter 1: Stranger at the Door

It was around noon. The sky outside of the main room's window was darkening with clouds that signaled rain. None of the four titans in the room noticed the storm brewing outside.

Beast Boy and Cyborg were playing video games, Robin and Starfire were watching, and Raven was in her room meditating.

The monotonous noises seemed the equivalent of silence. That is, until the doorbell was heard.

"I shall get it!" Starfire called, and she flew downstairs to answer it.

And she opened the door to a figure resembling Raven. She had violet eyes and a chakra on her forehead, but she was smaller and skinnier than Raven. She wore the same kind of clothes as Raven, only her clothes were white and were a little tattered. Her hair was the same length and slit every so often, but it slanted down from her chin to her shoulders, and her bangs were shoulder length. Her hair was also iridescent from purple to a yellow blond.

The two looked at each other for a while before the stranger nervously asked, "Is this Titans' Tower?" Her voice was pretty raspy and sounded like a normal person's voice besides that.

"Yes. How is it I may help you?"

"Ummmmmm…"

Another silence stretched between the two.

Robin then entered the entrance room. "Starfire, who is it? You've been-" He stopped. He had seen the girl.

"I am not certain. Please do come in." Starfire closed the door after the other had hesitantly stepped in and all three went to the main room.

When they reached the room, everyone eyed her. "Um… H…Hello…?" the newcomer said uncertainly.

"She looks almost like Raven," Cyborg noted.

"Uh… Hi," Beast Boy greeted, and all of them were wondering the same thing… Why did this person resemble Raven so much?

Raven had just finished meditating and halted as she entered the doors and saw the newcomer.

Their eyes met. Raven's narrowed, the other's widened.

"Who are you?" Raven asked, accusing and suspiciously.

"Th-they c-call me D-Dove," she sputtered, obviously startled by and afraid of Raven's piercing tone.

"Where did you come from and why did you come here?"

"A-azarath. Because…" She looked away and swallowed. "It was destroyed… by… something terrible…"

"Azarath?" She doesn't look familiar, Raven thought. I think I would remember if I saw someone like me in Azarath. The other looked at Raven and bit her lip.

"Uh-huh."

"But why did you come here?" Raven's tone was more suspicious than sharp.

"Uh… This will sound crazy…"

"We've dealt with crazy," Robin told her. "Many times."

Dove sighed and bowed her head. "I had a… a vision… two hours before Azarath was destroyed. Of Azarath burning. Then… four red eyes in a crimson sky and deep, horrible laughter. It felt like I was being burned alive and it scared me so much…" She seemed pained at the memory. "And then I saw Earth and Titans' tower… It took me a while to realize that if I didn't come here, I would… die… and it just doesn't seem right to die just because…"

Raven remembered what it was like to see Azarath, the place of her birth, destroyed before her eyes. And the way she felt about it.

"You look like you haven't slept or eaten in a while," Robin observed.

"Azarath was destroyed almost a year ago," Raven suddenly cut in. "Have you been here since then?"

Dove nodded, then winced and moaned.

"Are you OK?" BB asked, noticing just how weak and ill she looked.

"I'll be fine… just weak from lack of food and rest… Um… I was wondering if it would be OK if I stayed here," she said hopefully. "No one seems to accept me, and I need a home. I can't go on living like this much longer!" Her voice was now pleading, and strained like she was holding back tears. "Please help me, please!" she said, now sounding desperate as her voice became softer and gave way to tears.

"Why won't other people accept you?" Robin asked.

"Because my… I…" But before Dove could finish, what looked like white electricity encased one of the lights, Dove ducked, and it exploded.

"That," she said and stood up and bowed her head, tears flowing like a steady river.

Everyone looked at Dove, half startled, half curious, except Raven, who said flatly, "You can't control your powers."

Dove shook her head and looked at Raven.

Thoughts raced through Raven's mind. She's from Azarath…She looks almost exactly like me… she wears exactly what I wear… the chakra… Even her powers… When I get too upset in any way, I lose control-

"Really?" Dove said suddenly.

"'Really' what?" Beast Boy questioned.

"Oh no…" Dove looked worried. "She just said 'when I get upset, I lose control'didn't you… Raven…?" She bit her lip again.

"No, I thought that," Raven replied.

Dove sighed. "Not again," she mumbled too quietly for any of the others to hear.

"Interesting," Robin said.

"What?" Dove asked nervously.

"It looks like you can read minds," Robin told her.

"Uh, yeah… I … can't really control that either… Heh heh… So, can I please stay? Will you help me?" Don't reject me, don't reject me, don't reject me…

"Why would we?" Raven asked.

"Why wouldn't we? Raven, is something wrong?" Robin asked.

"No," Raven told him.

"Then why do you think she shouldn't stay?"

"I never said that."

"Then what did 'why would we' mean?"

"Why would we reject her."

"Where did rejection come in?" BB asked.

"She just said… Wait… her lips… Did anyone else hear her say 'don't reject me' three times?"

"Not even once," Cyborg said. "Ok, this is gettin' weird. First we get a Raven look-alike at the door, then mind-reading, and now what?"

"Telepathy," Robin answered after a moment. "She can… somehow talk with her mind…"

"Isn't that what Aqualad does?" Beast Boy asked.

Robin nodded.

"So what are we gonna do with her?" Cyborg asked.

Dove watched as the titans huddled up and began discussing the matter. She yawned and almost fell asleep where she was, but then Robin said, "You can stay."

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